LEADER 02813nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910781063903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-53750-4 010 $a9786612537509 010 $a0-226-51933-3 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226519333 035 $a(CKB)2550000000007450 035 $a(EBL)485962 035 $a(OCoLC)593240121 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000338721 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11254946 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338721 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10299755 035 $a(PQKB)11162921 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000115618 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC485962 035 $a(DE-B1597)524839 035 $a(OCoLC)1135590168 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226519333 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL485962 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10366854 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL253750 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000007450 100 $a20070829d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHow life began$b[electronic resource] $eevolution's three geneses /$fAlexandre Meinesz ; translated by Daniel Simberloff 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (291 p.) 300 $aTranslated from the French. 311 $a0-226-51931-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [235]-277) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1. Henri's Cave -- $tChapter 2. On the Origin of Life on Earth -- $tChapter 3. Papa, What's a Bacterium? -- $tChapter 4. The Vampire Slug of the Killer Alga -- $tChapter 5. Vermeer and Van Leeuwenhoek -- $tChapter 6. The Densimeter -- $tChapter 7. The Lego Game -- $tChapter 8. Candide, Jurassic Park, andNoah -- $tChapter 9. The End of the Evolutionary String -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aThe origin of life is a hotly debated topic. The Christian Bible states that God created the heavens and the Earth, all in about seven days roughly six thousand years ago. This episode in Genesis departs markedly from scientific theories developed over the last two centuries which hold that life appeared on Earth about 3.5 billion years ago in the form of bacteria, followed by unicellular organisms half a millennia later. It is this version of genesis that Alexandre Meinesz explores in this engaging tale of life's origins and evolution. How Life Began eluci 606 $aLife$xOrigin 615 0$aLife$xOrigin. 676 $a576.8/3 700 $aMeinesz$b Alexandre$0547327 701 $aSimberloff$b Daniel$0916913 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781063903321 996 $aHow life began$93767430 997 $aUNINA